Four-Power Treaty Aims Pacific Accord With Hawaii Excluded
The draft four-power Pacific treaty replaces the Anglo-Japanese alliance and allows for conferences if disputes arise. Japan signals cautious acceptance while Hawaii is excluded from the pact. Naval ratio fortifications and Yap Shantung remain separate issues to be settled in parallel treaties.
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Washington
Associated Press
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Tokio
Teikoku
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O Is
Pacific
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Antish
Nord Iz
Fortifica Flona
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United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Hawaii
Fortifica
China
Yap
Shantung
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Delehes
Briand
Yeteran Actor Dies After Clothing Fire in Hospital
Nery Mathews, a veteran actor and friend of George Kan, died in Misericordia Hospital after setting his clothing on fire in a hospital room. He had long suffered illness and had been a patient there. His daughter performs in a theatrical company, and Mathews appeared in Cohan productions and George Ade's works.
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Cohan
Mathews
Heath
George Kan
Misericordia Hospital
Eighty-sixth Street
Iris
Hegetan
Wan
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Campbell’s
Fuayfish
Mathew
Ying
George Ade
Experts Would Bar All Forms of Poison Gas
Washington December 8 The advisory committee of the American arms conference recommends complete abandonment of all chemical warfare. The report was drawn by General Pershing, with some indication it may not reflect the views of all senior army officers. Overall, officers favor treating poison gas as a normal military weapon.
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Washington
Associated Press
American Arms Conference
General Pershing
Pacific Forts And Shantung Tie Up Parley
Washington reports continue on Armament Limitation Conference obstacles. Japan remains unsettled over naval ratios and Shantung terms, while officials describe late rumors as overblown and expect quick smoothing of differences. Leaders Hughes Balfour Kato met last Friday, and Japanese accept limits near 60 percent of British and American fleets.
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Carter
Washington
Pacific
Shantung
Tokio
Kate
State Department
Hughes
White House
Harding
Hanihara
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Balfour
Kato
China Attaches Ultimatum to Shantung Dispute
Chinese delegates demand immediate and unconditional surrender of Shantung by Japan or withdraw from direct negotiations. Rail question sees 285 miles of line from Kiaochau to Tsinan as key, with China opposing continued Japanese control. The issue clouds Versailles terms, while signals from Peking accuse Japan of stalling and mass protests mount at home.
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Thomas Steep
Washington
Notier War
China
Shantung
Japan
Kiaochau
Tsingtso
Germany
Tsinan
Peking
Alfred Sze
Versailles
Masanao Hanshaa
Sze
Hughes
Arthur J. Balfour
Wellington Koo
Boat Springs Leak On Her Trial Trip
Captain Eugene Olsen of the Standard Oil tug Socony No. 38 rescued three naval officers and thirty eight civilians from the sunken submarine S-48 in Long Island Sound. Flooding water and chlorine gas trapped the men for hours as they signaled for aid and finally Olsen sighted a burning mattress to locate them. A rope line was rigged and all aboard were hauled to safety.
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Eugene Olsen
Standard Oil Company
Socony No. 38
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Long Island Sound
Olsen
Wes
Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Bridgeport
Conheericut
Long Island
Peter Dunne
George Buchanan
Dunne
Captain Olsen
Socony No. 28
Jon
Aus
Weep No More in Queens Over Spoiled Onions
Queens officials Joseph Flanagan and sanitary inspector Dr John Raenyahie faced an angry public after 200 tons of spoiled Brooklyn onions caused suffocating fumes. Moran Towing hauled the cargo to the Jersey meadows, stop orders were issued, guards posted on Rikers Island, and the barge was moved to remove the odor and fumes from residents.
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Joseph Flanagan
Guecani
Ahd
John i Raenyahie
Queens
Brooklyn
Meadows
Flushing
Corona
Moran Towing Company
Corona Meadows
Mr. Flanagan
Barry
Aca
Health Bureau
Riker's Island
Jersey Meadows
Parley Leaks Traced To Women's Admirers
Washington dispatch explains how arms conference progress leaks reach the public via informal chats with women in foreign capitals. Officials say luncheon conversations with ladies and dinner with newspaper men spark stories, prompting leading articles next day.
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Washington
Associated Press
Interborough Overstated Dividends Warned by Wall Street
At a Transit Commission hearing, evidence shows Interborough paid 20 percent in 1917 and 17 1/2 percent in 1918 despite warnings to conserve cash and avoid jeopardizing bonds. J P Morgan & Co. highlighted a 1919 letter urging restraint and tying future dividends to fare increases. Lindley M. Garrison, Brooklyn Rapid Transit receiver, urged concerns about political patronage in a proposed board of control.
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Transit Commission
J.P. Morgen & Co
Theodore P. Shonta
Interborough
IR. T. Atock
Wall Street
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Clarence J. Shearn
J. P. Morgan & Co
Lindley M. Garrison
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Board of Control
Garrison
United States
British Troops to Leave Ireland Within Month After Ratification
Dublin reports that if the Anglo-Irish agreement is ratified crown forces will depart Ireland within a month. King George grants amnesty freeing prisoners at Kilmainham Arbour Hill and Mountjoy. Fifteen hundred more to be released at Ballykinler. Released men express satisfaction with the peace terms.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Ireland
George
Kilmainham
Arbour Hill
Mountjoy
Ballykinler
Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
Almirall Jury Members Barred for Three Years
The Grand Jury Board voted to suspend Admirall grand jury members for three years amid charges of wasting public funds and abusing power. Attending were Justices Clarke Dowling and Judge McIntyre, with Nott and Mayor Hylan absent. Foreman Raymond F Almirall was among those suspended.
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Admirall Grand Jury
Clarke
Dowling
McIntyre
Nott
Hylan
Raymond F. Almirall
Qules
Henry Meyers
West Ninety-third Street
Grand Jury
Almirall Grand Jury
Lusk
Swann
Jnterborough
Germany seeks breathing spell as London talks on reparations begin
Berlin and London discuss Germany’s war debt with Rathenau and Loucheur meeting British officials. An international conference with all powers is planned for next month in London to set reparations terms while Germany faces January and February payments. Mellon may attend. Berlin seeks stability and a rescue loan.
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Tribune
New York Tribune Inc
London
Germany
Walter Rathenau
German Electric Company
Berlin
Louis Loucheur
Loucheur
Rathenau
Lloyd George
Chequers Court
United States Treasury Department
Andrew W. Mellon
Wiesbaden
France
Stinnes
Robert Horne
Loucherr
Rathenay
English to Flock to Ireland To Escape Burdensome Taxes
London dispatch reports that Ireland’s settlement may drive Britons to move residences to Ireland to evade English taxes. Wealthy holders of securities plan Christmas holidays in Ireland while business groups study relocating headquarters to Dublin or Belfast. Rumors of an entertainment center with year round horse racing and a gambling casino surface as Ireland’s finances hinge on England’s war debt share.
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Ono
London
Ireland
England
Jte
Busines
Dublin
Belfast
Holland
South Africa
Ex Kaiser Hurt at Woodpile. Bandaged, Quits Work
Former German Emperor William II suffered a head wound at his Doorn residence when a wood chunk struck him while rushing to fulfill wood orders amid frost. He was bandaged and has ceased wood cutting at home, with his motor car unusable due to the cold.
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Kaiser
Woodpile
London
Doorn
Daily Mail
William
Parliament Splits Over Irish Peace Treaty
Dublin dispatch reports Sinn Fein Cabinet divides over the treaty with Great Britain. De Valera rejects acceptance with two ministers backing him and Griffith and Collins supporting the agreement. A Dail Eireann vote and public session are planned amid ongoing Cabinet divisions.
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Great Britain
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Dail Eireann
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Dail Éireann
Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
London
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Home Affairs and Defense
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Times
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